πλάτος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pléth₂os (“breadth”). Cognates include Sanskrit प्रथस् (práthas), Avestan 𐬟𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬀𐬵 (fraθah), Old Armenian լայն (layn), Welsh lled. See also πλατύς (platús, “wide”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /plá.tos/ → /ˈpla.tos/ → /ˈpla.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /plá.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpla.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpla.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpla.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpla.tos/

Noun

πλᾰ́τος • (plắtos) n (genitive πλᾰ́τους or πλᾰ́τεος); third declension

1. breadth, width
2. (astronomy) celestial latitude, declination

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ πλᾰ́τος; τοῦ πλᾰ́τους (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πλᾰ́τος tò plắtos	τὼ πλᾰ́τει tṑ plắtei	τᾰ̀ πλᾰ́τη tằ plắtē
Genitive	τοῦ πλᾰ́τους toû plắtous	τοῖν πλᾰτοῖν toîn plătoîn	τῶν πλᾰτῶν tôn plătôn
Dative	τῷ πλᾰ́τει tôi plắtei	τοῖν πλᾰτοῖν toîn plătoîn	τοῖς πλᾰ́τεσῐ / πλᾰ́τεσῐν toîs plắtesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ πλᾰ́τος tò plắtos	τὼ πλᾰ́τει tṑ plắtei	τᾰ̀ πλᾰ́τη tằ plắtē
Vocative	πλᾰ́τος plắtos	πλᾰ́τει plắtei	πλᾰ́τη plắtē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of τὸ πλᾰ́τος; τοῦ πλᾰ́τεος (Ionic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πλᾰ́τος tò plắtos	τὼ πλᾰ́τει / πλᾰ́τεε tṑ plắtei / plắtee	τᾰ̀ πλᾰ́τεᾰ tằ plắteă
Genitive	τοῦ πλᾰ́τεος / πλᾰ́τευς toû plắteos / plắteus	τοῖν πλᾰτέοιν toîn plătéoin	τῶν πλᾰτέων tôn plătéōn
Dative	τῷ πλᾰ́τει / πλᾰ́τεῐ̈ tôi plắtei / plắteĭ̈	τοῖν πλᾰτέοιν toîn plătéoin	τοῖσῐ / τοῖσῐν πλᾰ́τεσῐ / πλᾰ́τεσῐν toîsĭ(n) plắtesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ πλᾰ́τος tò plắtos	τὼ πλᾰ́τει / πλᾰ́τεε tṑ plắtei / plắtee	τᾰ̀ πλᾰ́τεᾰ tằ plắteă
Vocative	πλᾰ́τος plắtos	πλᾰ́τει / πλᾰ́τεε plắtei / plắtee	πλᾰ́τεᾰ plắteă
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Synonyms

• εὖρος (eûros)

References

• “πλάτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πλάτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• πλάτος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G4114 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• πλάτος in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • area idem, page 39.
  • breadth idem, page 94.
  • broadness idem, page 100.
  • width idem, page 978.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πλάτος (plátos).

Noun

πλάτος • (plátos) n (plural πλάτη)

1. (mathematics) width, breadth

Declension

Declension of πλάτος

	singular	plural
nominative	πλάτος (plátos)	πλάτη (pláti)
genitive	πλάτους (plátous)	πλατών (platón)
accusative	πλάτος (plátos)	πλάτη (pláti)
vocative	πλάτος (plátos)	πλάτη (pláti)

Derived terms

• γεωγραφικό πλάτος n (geografikó plátos, “latitude”)

See also

• μήκος n (míkos, “length”)
• ύψος n (ýpsos, “height”)

Further reading

• πλάτος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el